The Official DIS Oscars LIVE PARTY Thread!!! TONITE: Red Carpet & QUEEN to open the Oscars!

[Imzadi]

First: The Red Carpet is back on E! ABC is starting their Red Carpet coverage earlier this year.

Second: There is NO show host. Instead, QUEEN is opening the show!

No, not THE Queen Elizabeth. QUEEN, the legendary rock band.

Two of the remaining members came out of retirement a few years ago and reformed the band with Adam Lambert, (former American Idol finalist,) as their front man in place of deceased Freddie Mercury. (Adam does not do a recreation of Freddie Mercury. Nor does he even try to sing like Freddie. Queen didn't want that. Freddie is irreplaceable.) They will perform, We Will Rock You! (written by guitarist, Brian May.) And will probably end with We Are the Champions, (written by Freddie Mercury.)

So no being late for the show - or if you will be, record it as it may be the best 10 minutes of the whole show, then progressively go downhill after that.

Later in the show: Bette Midler will sing the Mary Poppins Returns nominated song, The Place Where Lost Things Go. Emily Blunt is too terrified to even think of singing it.

Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga will sing her nominated song, Shallow, from A Star Is Born.

Everyone is invited. Newbies welcome!

It's the last, longest, hopefully the best, live award show of the season.

This is when they put on the best dresses.

Or so they think.

There will be some speeches to laugh at, cry over, or be forced to sit through.
And this golden man award is handed out.

And new from 2 years ago: they may announce the wrong winner. . .

You know the drill if you've attended before. Load up on munchies & drinks, wine & booze are welcome.

Including the Red Carpet, it's 6-1/2 hours depending on when you tune in and how long you stay. Feel free to drop in & out.

Start times:
East Coast (EST):
The Red Carpet starts at 5:00PM (EST) on E!
The Red Carpet starts at 6:30PM (EST) on ABC.
The Award Show starts at 8:00PM (EST) on ABC.

West Coast (PST):
The Red Carpet starts at 2:00PM (PST) on E!
The Red Carpet starts at 3:30PM (PST) on ABC.
The Award Show starts at 5:00PM (PST) on ABC.


Canada:
Please check the channels & times above as the Red Carpet is on a different channel than the award show will be.
Red Carpet is on E!: Shaw Direct: Ch 168 (?)
Award Show is on ABC in the U.S. The show is live on both coasts, so either coast feed should work.

Australia: for Princess In Oz

& other Aussies

Monday morning: The Red Carpet starts at 9:00 am on E! (Although that means that the real red carpet will start at 9:30 am. So you can snooze a bit more. )
The Award Show is being telecast on Channel 9 at 12:00 pm.



This will be a NO SPELLING & GRAMMAR POLICE THREAD!
The Spelling Police will be off duty and possibly slurring their own typing by the end of the evening. Typos allowed!

And if your posts are still making sense by hour 3, you aren't sloshed enough. Or, we are as toasted as you are!

Let's have another fun evening!

 

[Imzadi]

A little heads up for newbies: The Red Carpet segment goes really quickly on this thread. People are typing like crazy all at the same time, seeing different dresses.

If you post something or ask a question and it seems to get ignored, you are NOT being ignored. Everyone is just watching, typing & posting so quickly before the dress goes off the screen. We do most of the reading, scrolling back & posting back to each others' comments during the COMMERCIALS! Your posts will get a response then.

Once the show starts, it slows down to a more comfortable pace. Just hang in with us! It's going to be a great evening.


The Academy Award Nominees for 2019:
(In somewhat reverse order)

Best Picture
Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Favourite
Green Book
Roma
A Star Is Born
Vice

Best Actress
Yalitza Aparicio, Roma
Glenn Close, The Wife
Olivia Colman, The Favourite
Lady Gaga, A Star Is Born
Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Best Actor
Christian Bale, Vice
Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born
Willem Dafoe, At Eternity’s Gate
Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody
Viggo Mortensen, Green Book

Best Director
Alfonso Cuarón, Roma
Yorgos Lanthimos, The Favourite
Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman
Adam McKay, Vice
Pawel Pawlikowski, Cold War

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, Vice
Marina de Tavira, Roma
Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
Emma Stone, The Favourite
Rachel Weisz, The Favourite

Best Supporting Actor
Mahershala Ali, Green Book
Adam Driver, BlacKkKlansman
Sam Elliott, A Star Is Born
Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Sam Rockwell, Vice

Best Original Screenplay
The Favourite
First Reformed
Green Book
Roma
Vice

Best Adapted Screenplay
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
BlacKkKlansman
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
If Beale Street Could Talk
A Star Is Born

Best Original Score
Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
If Beale Street Could Talk
Isle of Dogs
Mary Poppins Returns

Best Original Song
“All the Stars,” Black Panther
“I’ll Fight,” RBG
“The Place Where Lost Things Go,” Mary Poppins Returns
“Shallow,” A Star Is Born
“When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings,” The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Best Film Editing
BlacKkKlansman
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Favourite
Green Book
Vice

Best Foreign Language Film
Capernaum (Lebanon)
Cold War (Poland)
Never Look Away (Germany)
Roma (Mexico)
Shoplifters (Japan)

Best Animated Feature
Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Mirai
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Best Documentary Feature
Free Solo
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Minding the Gap
Of Fathers and Sons
RBG

Best Cinematography
Cold War
The Favourite
Never Look Away
Roma
A Star Is Born

Best Production Design
Black Panther
The Favourite
First Man
Mary Poppins Returns
Roma

Best Visual Effects
Avengers: Infinity War
Christopher Robin
First Man
Ready Player One
Solo: A Star Wars Story

Best Costume Design
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Black Panther
The Favourite
Mary Poppins Returns
Mary Queen of Scots

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Border
Mary Queen of Scots
Vice

Best Sound Mixing
Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody
First Man
Roma
A Star Is Born

Best Sound Editing
Black Panther
Bohemian Rhapsody
First Man
A Quiet Place
Roma

Best Documentary Short Subject
Black Sheep
End Game Lifeboat
A Night at the Garden
Period. End of Sentence

Best Animated Short Film
Animal Behavior Bao
Late Afternoon
One Small Step
Weekends

Best Live Action Short Film
Detainment
Fauve
Marguerite
Mother
Skin

 

[TB'sWidow]

Thanks again for hosting Imzadi
Queen Hope I can hang in till the end an it won’t be as boring after Queen performs see ya tomorrow

 

[moon]

I'm really excited this year! I can't wait to see Rami Malek win for Best Actor! I didn't know queen would open the show...how wonderful!

 

[kaytieeldr]

I'm really excited this year! I can't wait to see Rami Malek win for Best Actor! I didn't know queen would open the show...how wonderful!

Yeah, ABC has been advertising this all week. What iI learned this week: Queen now does the 20rh Century Fox fanfare

 

[okeydokey]

I will be there!

 

[DisneyJamieCA]

I plan on being here! I’ve done a lot of traveling recently which helped me watch a bunch of the nominated movies in flight! It’ll be one of the first years I’ve seen more than the animated movies

 

[Dentam]

I'll be there! I didn't know Queen would be opening or that Adam Lambert was their lead singer now! I don't have cable so will join in once the red carpet coverage starts on ABC here. Looking forward to it!!

ETA: Just checked the tv guide and ABC has their red carpet coverage beginning live in 10 minutes here! So, 2:30 Denver time. I need to take my dog for a walk but will tune in as soon as I get back!

 

[Disneylover99]

Thanks for hosting Imzadi. See you tonight!

 

[Disneylover99]

I'll be there! I didn't know Queen would be opening or that Adam Lambert was their lead singer now! I don't have cable so will join in once the red carpet coverage starts on ABC here. Looking forward to it!!

I really like Adam with Queen! It’s a good fit.

 

[Hollywoodhaha]

Hello friends! I will be here, looking forward to it.

 

[Nancy]

I will be here unless we don't have power. We have a high wind warning going until tomorrow morning and gusts could be up to 75 MPH. Keeping my fingers crossed.

 

[Disneylover99]

I will be here unless we don't have power. We have a high wind warning going until tomorrow morning and gusts could be up to 75 MPH. Keeping my fingers crossed.

Oh yeah. They're talking about power outages here due to wind. Hopefully we won't lose power.

 

[Imzadi]

I will be here unless we don't have power. We have a high wind warning going until tomorrow morning and gusts could be up to 75 MPH. Keeping my fingers crossed.

Stay safe, Nancy.

 

[Planogirl]

I'll watch but not with much enthusiasm. I think that I'm the only person who doesn't like Bohemian Rhapsody and prefers A Star Is Born and the rest of the field is mostly "meh" to me. I have to see the dresses though.

 

[PrincessInOz]

Here!

 

[PrincessInOz]

I'm watching on E! The Wolfgang Puck food looks amazing!

 

[Micca]

I really like Adam with Queen! It’s a good fit.

I'm watching Queen...then I'm watching something else. The best stuff will be on-line before tomorrow morning. Y'all have fun though

 

[Disneylover99]

Just tuning in now....

 

[Imzadi]

I'll watch but not with much enthusiasm. I think that I'm the only person who doesn't like Bohemian Rhapsody and prefers A Star Is Born and the rest of the field is mostly "meh" to me. I have to see the dresses though.

I really, really wanted to go see "A Star Is Born," when I first heard about it. Lady Gaga, I couldn't give a fig about. But, I really like Bradley Cooper. He's worked really hard on his career and I'm glad this movie is a success for him. But, as I watched more and more press & promos for the movie, the less & less I wanted to go see it. I felt like I was being TOLD how much I will like it, and have no choice in the matter. Then Lady Gaga started acting weird about all the praise she was receiving as an actress. All effusively humble, in a way I felt was so precious & phony, (she's not that great of an actress, ) that I stopped wanting to see the movie at all.

On the other hand, I hadn't heard anything about "Bohemian Rhapsody," till I saw a promo for it during the Emmys party. It sounded interesting, but I promptly forgot about it, till it won Best Picture and Rami won Best Actor at the Golden Globes. Then I was really curious to see it.

Unlike "A Star Is Born," "Bohemian Rhapsody," got mixed, often critical reviews. The movie had been in the making for 10 years. And when Sasha Baron Cohen was in talks, being considered for it, he very unprofessionally blasted the premise of the film, which also then set in people's minds reasons to not like the film. And people who hadn't even seen the film bashed it for not being what they wanted a biopic of Freddie & Queen to be about. And it got only 60% on Rotten Tomatoes when it was first released.

Ironically, the movie kind of mirrors what happened to the song, "Bohemian Rhapsody," which also was critically panned by many sources. The clip below, at the 0:55 mark starts all the bad reviews it received.

Movie reviews:

But, just like the song, the movie grabs the heart & souls of the fans - and makes new fans. It did for me. I really had no idea that I'd love this movie so much. I've become reconciled to the fact that different Queen songs are stuck in my head endlessly every day! (Today the song is the last half of Bohemian Rhapsody. The head banging section, which is the concert footage in the clip above. ) Different people on YouTube are making a lot of money off of me as I pay to watch different Queen music videos every day, depending which song is stuck in my head.I like to change up the videos.

By the third time I went to see the movie, I realized the movie is really inspiring for me. And I was really rooting for Freddie to get his **** together so they could all perform at Live Aid. Which arguably, is one of the best rock performances of all time.

And of course the footage they filmed of the recreation of Live Aid is absolutely spectacular. If people still haven't seen it and it's still playing at a theatre near you, GO! You will not regret seeing it on the big screen. I've seen it a few more times since, and plan one more before it leaves the theatres here.